Alexander von Brill

Summary

Alexander Wilhelm von Brill (20 September 1842 – 18 June 1935)[1]: 17  was a German mathematician.

Alexander von Brill
Born(1842-09-20)20 September 1842
Died18 June 1935(1935-06-18) (aged 92)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Giessen
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Tübingen
Doctoral advisorAlfred Clebsch
Doctoral studentsSebastian Finsterwalder
Max Planck

Born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Brill was educated at the University of Giessen, where he earned his doctorate under supervision of Alfred Clebsch. He held a chair at the University of Tübingen, where Max Planck was among his students. In 1933, he joined the National Socialist Teachers League as one of the first members from Tübingen.[1]: 21 

The London Science Museum contains sliceform objects prepared by Brill and Felix Klein.[1]

Selected publications edit

  • Vorlesungen über ebene algebraische Kurven und Funktionen. 1925.[2]
  • Vorlesungen über allgemeine Mechanik. 1928.[3]
  • Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Mechanik raumerfüllender Massen. 1909.
  • Graphische Darstellungen aus der reinen und angewandten Mathematik. 1894.
  • with Max Noether: Über algebraische Funktionen und ihre Anwendung in der Geometrie. Mitt. Göttinger Akad.1873[permanent dead link], and their article with the same name in the Mathematischen Annalen Bd.7, 1874, Online[permanent dead link]
  • with Max Noether: Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Funktionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit. Jahresbericht DMV 1894.[permanent dead link]
  • Das Relativitätsprinzip. Teubner 1912.[4]
  • Über Kepler's Astronomia nova. Stuttgart 1930. (15 pp.)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b E. Schönhardt (Jan 1936). "Alexander v. Brill". Deutsche Mathematik. 1 (1): 17–22.
  2. ^ Emch, Arnold (1926). "Review: Vorlesungen über ebene algebraische Kurven und Funktionen by Alexander Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (3): 292–294. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1926-04217-8.
  3. ^ Robertson, H. P. (1932). "Review: Vorlesungen über allgemeine Mechanik by A. Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38, Part 1 (1): 17–18. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1932-05303-4.
  4. ^ Wilson, E. B. (1913). "Review: Das Relativitätsprinzip von A. Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (6): 321–322. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1913-02346-2.

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